diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/search/tagSearch.service.js b/awx/ui/client/src/search/tagSearch.service.js
index 6b02b8fdf8..b340b5d8c3 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/search/tagSearch.service.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/search/tagSearch.service.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export default ['Rest', '$q', 'GetBasePath', 'Wait', 'ProcessErrors', '$log', fu
     this.getTag = function(field, textVal, selectVal) {
         var tag = _.clone(field);
         if (tag.type === "text") {
-            tag.url = tag.value + "__icontains=" + textVal;
+            tag.url = tag.value + "__icontains=" + encodeURIComponent(textVal);
             tag.name = textVal;
         } else if (selectVal.value && typeof selectVal.value === 'string' && selectVal.value.indexOf("=") > 0) {
             tag.url = selectVal.value;